Tufting-frame.



No. 686,633. Patented Nov. |2, l90|.

} F. A. NEIDER.

TUFTING FRAME.

(Application filed July 5, 1901.)

(Nb Model.)

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FRED A. NEIDER, or AUGUSTA, KENTUCKY.

TUFTlNG-FRAM E.

S1?IPJQIFICATIOBT forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,633, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed July 5 1901. Serial No. 67,078- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Augusta, in the county of Bracken and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tufting- Frames, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a frame to be used in forming tufted cushions by hand in place of the tufting-boards now in .use.

In tufting-boards there are a series of perforations through which the prongs of the tufting-buttons project after having passed through the cover and the burlap to enable the workman to place a washer over them next to the burlap and bend the prongs down to hold the tufts in place. Manipulating the washer and the prongs within these perforations is an awkward proceeding, the result of which is attained in a much simpler and quicker manner with the frame embodying my invention, of Which--- I Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the extensible ends contracted. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, but with the ends extended for use in forming a wider cushion than that formed upon the frame as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken upon line 2 2, Fig. 2.

Referring to the parts, frameA consists of front and rear vertical longitudinal members a and a, connected by vertical transverse end members, each of which consists of two sections a and a respectively, the former having a central vertical slot at in its end, into which a tongue 00" upon the latter fits.

Section a has near its end a series of vertically-alined perforations a crossing slot at. Tongue 0. has two series of such perforations. When the end members are extended, the set of said perforations nearer the end of the tongue register with perforations a, and pins are passed through them to hold the end members extended. When the end members are contracted, the inner set of perforations in tongue a register with perforations a to receive the pins.

A series of longitudinal wires B cross the frame at a short distance apart, a distance of about four inches being found to be right, and are secured to the end members thereof. To

allow of the extension of the tufting-frame, one of these wires B is secured to tongues a and another wire B to members a across slot or, so that when the end members are contract ed, as shown in Fig. 1, wires B and B stand closely side by side and when said sides are extended stand the same distance apart as the rest of the wires, the two series of perforations in' tongue a being spaced at that distance apart.

Front member a has a longitudinal opening a In use backing or burlap C is stretched over wires B and is tacked to the sides of the frame, being tacked in front below opening a". Cover D has the points through which the tufting-buttons E are to pass marked upon it before it is laid upon the burlap. After the cover has been placed upon the burlap one row of tufting-buttons are passed through the cover and burlap and bent down upon the burlap, or, if washers are used, upon the washers. The separate biscuits are then filled by hand with the filling F, as customary, and the prongs of the buttons passed down through the cover and the burlap to complete the biscuits. It is seen that the workman in placing the washers over the prongs and in bending the prongs down has a free access to the parts and is not hampered by having to work in alimited space, like the perforations in tu fting-boards.

In forming the front tufts of the cushionopening a makes it easy for the workman to clench the prongs of the row of tufting-buttons below the rounded edge of the cushion. After the cushion has been completed it is taken from the frame by removing the tacks securing the burlap to the frame.

What I claim is- 1. For use in forming tufted cushions, a frame having a series of wires extending across its top and secured to its sides over which the backing is secured in the process of forming the cushion,substantially as shown and described.

2. A frame consisting ofrear and front members connected by extensible side members in combination with wires crossing the frame and secured to said side members over which.

3. For use in forming tufted cushions a the process of forming a cushion, substanframe consisting of front and rear members tially as shown and described. connected by side members the front memher having a longitudinal opening extending FRED NEIDER' 5 across it said frame having a series of Wires Witnesses:

extending across its top and secured to its JACOB COOK, sides over which the backing is secured in L. P. BAOOKMAN. 

